Southern tip of Great Duck Island, Frenchboro, Maine. County/parish: Hancock.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 14, 1988. NRIS 88000159.
Part of Light Stations of Maine MPS (NRIS 64500264).
4 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
Great Duck Island Light is a lighthouse on Great Duck Island in the town of Frenchboro, Maine, USA. Established in 1890, the light marks the approach to Blue Hill Bay and the southern approaches to Mount Desert Island on the central coast of Maine. The light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Great Duck Island Light Station on March 14, 1988. The light is an active aid to navigation maintained by the United States Coast Guard; the property is owned by the College of the Atlantic, which operates a research station there.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88684907